Then, minutes later, led by Sen. Jim Metzen, DFL-South St. Paul, the Senate decided to reconsider the measure. After the most impassioned debate of the 9-hour discussion, the Senate returned to the electronic pull tab plan. The Howe plan went down, 30-35, in the reconsideration vote.

Here’s the board for that tally:

It may have been the most dramatic 40 minutes of the stadium debate thus far — only to leave the bill where it started.